A 25-year-old FIFO worker who disappeared after failing to board a flight at Perth Airport has been found dead.

William Carter arrived at Perth Airport T3 about 12.40pm (GMT) on December 6 to travel to the Pilbara for his working stint, but never made his flight.

Instead, he was at the airport for an hour and a half before leaving in a taxi about 2.10pm and travelling to Trigg Beach.

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He was last seen near a surf club on West Coast Drive about 30 minutes later.

Today, police confirmed they found a body.

While it has yet to be formally identified, the body is believed to belong to Carter. 

Police are not treating his death as suspicious and are preparing a report for the coroner.

Carter's family had serious concerns about his welfare.

He had smiled in a photo with his mum hours before she dropped him off outside the terminal. 

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The Bondi shooting is the worst mass shooting since Port Arthur and the deadliest terror attack on Australian soil.

Prior to the attack, officials said the national terror level was "probable", which indicated there was a 50-50 chance of a terror attack on Australian soil.

So what does Australia's 'probable' actually mean?

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What is Australia's current terrorism threat level?

Australia's current national terrorism threat level is probable.

The federal government raised the level from "possible" to "probable" in August last year.

What does the 'probable' mean?

Under the national terrorism advisory system, probable is defined as "a terrorist attack is probable and the government has concerns of a plausible threat".

When the alert level was raised, Australians were told there "is a greater than 50 per cent chance of an onshore attack or attack planning in the next 12 months".

However, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a "probable" alert does not mean "inevitable".

Why was the terrorism threat level changed?

At the time, intelligence experts said the decision to raise the threat level was not triggered by any single ideology or issue, but an overall rise in polarisation in Australia and other Western nations.

The terror threat level was last changed in 2022, when it was lowered to "possible".

"The advice that we have received is that more Australians are embracing a more diverse range of extreme ideologies and it is our responsibility to be vigilant," Albanese said in August last year.

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"To be clear, this is the same threat level that was in place in Australia for more than eight years before it was lowered in November of 2022.

"At that time, we said as a government, it's does not mean the threat from terrorism is extinguished."

The national terrorism threat level is a warning tool to provide the government and the public an indication of what ASIO is seeing and anticipates in the near future.

Will the terrorism threat level change?

In the hours after the attack, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director-General Mike Burgess maintained the threat level would likely not change from "probable".

"I don't see that changing at this stage," he said.

"One incident by itself does not necessarily raise the threat level at the national level, but we keep that under constant review.

Burgess confirmed investigations are ongoing into any other possible threats, after father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram were named as the shooters.

"We're looking to see if there's anyone in the community that has similar intent," he said.

"It's important to stress at this point, we have no indications to that fact, but that is something we have active investigations on."

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The youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shooting has been captured in a video smiling and enjoying an evening celebrating Hanukkah with her family.

Matilda, 10, had her face painted, petted some farm animals and blissfully cuddled her younger sister Summer, six, while playing on the grass at Archer Park in Bondi.

Shortly after this footage was taken, Matilda was fatally shot in front of her sister.

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She was taken to Sydney Children's Hospital after being wounded in the shooting but tragically could not be saved.

Matilda's family shared a heartbreaking final video of their beloved daughter and niece, who they say will be forever remembered by her smile.

Her aunt, Lina Chernykh, said the heartbroken family would never recover from their loss.

"A happy kid," she told 9News.

"She was open-hearted. Everywhere she goes, she was like a sun."

Matilda has been remembered as a "bright, joyful, and spirited child who brought light to everyone around her", according to her language teacher Irina Goodhew.

"Yesterday, while celebrating Hanukkah, her young life was tragically taken. Her memory will live on in our hearts," she wrote on the fundraising site.

The family gave Nine permission to share Matilda's image and the footage.

Matilda is the youngest victim of the terrorist attack which has left 15 innocent people dead.

There are also 24 people in several hospitals around Sydney in conditions ranging from stable to critical, according to NSW Health's latest update at 12.30pm today.

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If you have been impacted by the terror attack in Bondi there is support available.

To contact Lifeline Australia, call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14.

For people under 25 years old, you can contact Kids Helpline at 1800 55 1800.

Both of these are available on a 24/7 basis.

If you wish to donate blood, you can find your nearest donor centre here.

Former Prime Minister John Howard has said that the "gruesome" death toll of the Bondi terrorist attack would have been "infinitely bigger" if not for the major gun reforms following the Port Arthur massacre.

Speaking to the media, Howard said there was "little doubt" that not enough had been done to counter the spread of antisemitism since October 7, 2023.

"I hope that this terrible event will be a wake-up call to those who have been asleep at the wheel," he said.

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"It disabused everybody at this idea that it can't happen here, it can happen here," he said.

The former Prime Minister said he did not believe Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong had done enough when it came to preventing the spread of antisemitism, but he wouldn't go "further than that".

"Clearly, the people to blame for the murders are the murderers, and that's apparent," he said.

However, Howard did excoriate the government's breakdown in its relationship with Israel during the invasion of Gaza that followed Hamas's October 7 attacks.

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"(Albanese's) greatest failure is not to provide the moral leadership that a prime minister can in denouncing antisemitism," he said.

"The impression I had was that every time he got onto the subject, he would equate it with discrimination generally."

Howard suggested that if Australia had not enacted major reform on gun control following the Port Arthur massacre, Sunday's "gruesome" death toll could have been "infinitely bigger".

The crack down, which made automatic and semi-automatic weapons illegal, was spearheaded by Howard's first government.

Today, he said the focus on gun control was "welcome, always", but that the broader issue of antisemitism should be the focus.

If you have been impacted by the terror attack in Bondi there is support available.

To contact Lifeline Australia, call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14.

For people under 25 years old, you can contact Kids Helpline at 1800 55 1800.

Both of these are available on a 24/7 basis.

If you wish to donate blood, you can find your nearest donor centre here.

Thousands of videos from the Bondi beach mass shooting have flooded social media in the wake of the Sunday night attack, which claimed 15 innocent lives.

Clips of the shooting have amassed millions of views across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube and news sites such as 9news.com.au.

Some of the videos are very graphic.

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While major events like this need to be reported on and footage from the attack will be useful to authorities, some people may want to limit how much they see.

The eSafety Commissioner has already received a flood of complaints about the videos being circulated online but has not yet issued any takedown notices.

This is because the posts do not meet the standard for illegal content under Australian law.

However, there are ways for social media users to limit the number of Bondi shooting videos they see online.

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Block and mark 'not interested'

Users can unfollow or block specific accounts posting about the shooting on most social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

This will prevent those accounts' content from appearing in the user's feed.

On Instagram, users can train their algorithm to show fewer post about the shooting by marking themselves as 'not interested'.

Tap the three dots in the top (feed) or bottom right (reels) corner and select 'not interested' in the pop-up menu.

Users can also tap 'manage content preferences' and 'specific words or phrases', then enter words like Bondi and shooting to hide suggested posts that include them.

On TikTok, users can mark videos as 'not interested' by holding down a finger in the middle of the screen while a video is playing.

On the pop-up menu, select 'not interested'.

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A pop-up will appear confirming TikTok will show fewer videos like it.

Users can tap on 'details' to request the algorithm show less of the specific creator, sound, or hashtags.

They can also filter keywords like Bondi and shooting.

To do this, tap 'profile', then the three lines in the top right, then 'settings and privacy'.

Under 'content preferences', select 'filter keywords' and type out the words you want to avoid.

On Facebook, users can reduce the number of feed posts they see about the Bondi shooting by tapping three dots in the top right and selecting 'hide post'.

On Facebook reels, tap the three dots in the top right and select 'not interested'.

Users can also go to the menu in the bottom right, tap 'content preferences', then under 'sensitive content' choose 'show less'.

This may reduce the number of graphic clips they see.

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On YouTube, the three dots are in the bottom right on main feed videos and top right on shorts.

Users can then select 'not interested'.

On X, the three dots to select 'not interested' are in the top right corner of a post.

All of these instructions are based on mobile apps, instructions may be different on a desktop.

Graphic content can also be reported to social media platforms and to the eSafety Commissioner.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

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Go offline

The easiest way for some Aussies to avoid seeing footage from the Bondi mass shooting may be to avoid social media for a few days.

Videos will continue to circulate as more information about the attack emerges, which will continue to push them to the top of algorithms.

Going offline for a few days and avoiding video-heavy platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook will prevent users from seeing unwanted footage of the shooting.

If you have been impacted by the terror attack in Bondi there is support available.

To contact Lifeline Australia, call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14. For people under 25 years old, you can contact Kids Helpline at 1800 55 1800. Both of these are available on a 24/7 basis. If you wish to donate blood, you can find your nearest donor centre here.

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The grieving daughter of Bondi Beach shooting victim Reuven Morrison has revealed her father died a hero while trying to stop the attackers as they sprayed innocent people with bullets.

Morrison, 62, was killed after he threw bricks at gunman Sajid Akram on Sunday evening as fellow civilian Ahmed Al Ahmed also confronted the attacker, his heroic act caught on camera.

Morrison's daughter Sheina Gutnick told US broadcaster CBS it was only fitting that her incredible father died while trying to save lives.

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"From my sources and understanding, he had jumped up the second the shooting started. He managed to throw bricks at the terrorist," Gutnick said.

"I believe after Ahmed managed to get the gun off the terrorist, my father had then gone to try and unjam the gun, to try and attempt shooting.

"He was screaming at the terrorist and protecting the community."

Gutnick said that if there had to be one way her father would be taken from this earth, it would be while "fighting a terrorist".

"There was no other way he would have been taken from us," she added.

Chilling social media footage which circulated in the aftermath of the shooting shows Morrison attempting to stop the gunmen while Ahmed tackled and disarmed him.

He was killed shortly after this video was taken.

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Ahmed is recovering in hospital after being "riddled with bullets".

Morrison, who split his time between Sydney and Melbourne, had migrated to Australia from the former Soviet Union in the 1970s.

He was a member of the Jewish community and was celebrating the first day of Hanukkah when he was killed.

Gutnick said her father migrated to Australia believing he would be safe.

Morrison is among 15 innocent people who were killed on Sunday.

A 10-year-old girl, a Holocaust survivor, a former police officer and a great-grandfather have also been identified as victims of the mass shooting.

If you have been impacted by the terror attack in Bondi there is support available.

To contact Lifeline Australia, call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14.

For people under 25 years old, you can contact Kids Helpline at 1800 55 1800.

Both of these are available on a 24/7 basis.

If you wish to donate blood, you can find your nearest donor centre here.

President Donald Trump mocked Rob Reiner in a social media post on Monday, suggesting the slain actor and director died because of his anti-Trump views — a remark that triggered swift and bipartisan backlash for injecting politics into a family tragedy.

A vocal Democratic activist, Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 70, were found dead in their home on Sunday. Their son Nick Reiner was arrested on homicide charges. Police have yet to ascribe a motive.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump referred to Rob Reiner as "tortured and struggling" and said Reiner and his wife had passed away "reportedly due to the anger he caused" by opposing the Republican president.

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"He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump," the president said.

The White House reposted Trump's comments on its official "Rapid Response" account on X.

The president, who frequently lashes out at his opponents and praises public figures who support him, offered no evidence that Reiner's political views contributed in any way to the couple's death.

Trump's comments on Monday drew criticism from across the political spectrum.

"Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered," wrote Republican U.S. Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

"This is a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies," wrote Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.

Both Massie and Greene are Trump critics, a rarity within the president's party.

But even House Speaker Mike Johnson, a major Trump ally, distanced himself from the president's post. "We have to appeal to our better angels, and I think we've got to amplify those voices and those sentiments. So that's my position on it," he told reporters when asked about Trump's comments.

Asked in the Oval Office if he stood by the post after the Republican criticism, Trump replied that he was not a Reiner fan.

Reiner told Variety in 2017 during Trump's first term that Trump was "mentally unfit" and called him "the single most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States."

Trump said in his post on Monday that Reiner had the "mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME," a term the president uses for many of his critics.

The Democratic Party called Trump's post "heartless."

David Axelrod, a former adviser to President Barack Obama, called it perverse. "The absence of empathy & grace for the Reiner family in their moment of profound loss and grief is sad and revealing," he wrote on X.

Republicans and Trump supporters were sharply critical of anyone who highlighted right-leaning activist Charlie Kirk's controversial views in the aftermath of his murder in September.

Reiner was long one of the most prolific directors in Hollywood, and his work included some of the most memorable movies of the 1980s and '90s, including This is Spinal Tap, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally, and The Princess Bride.

His role as Michael "Meathead" Stivic in Norman Lear's 1970s TV classic All in the Family, as a liberal foil to O'Connor's Archie Bunker, catapulted him to fame and won him two Emmy Awards.

The son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner was married to photographer Michele Singer Reiner since 1989.

The two met while he was directing When Harry Met Sally and had three children together: Nick, Jake and Romy.

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In the wake of Bondi's horrific mass shooting, the world was inspired by a video of a mystery man snatching a gun from the hands of one of the terrorists.

Within hours the hero had falsely been identified as a 43-year-old IT professional named Edward Crabtree.

News website TheDaily – which is in no way affiliated to The Daily Aus – interviewed Crabtree about his actions that day.

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"I didn't think about it. I just acted," Crabtree said.

"I saw people running, I heard the shots, and I saw him reloading. I knew if someone didn't do something right then, more people were going to die."

The story was quickly shared around the world, and people the world over were singing Crabtree's praises.

But Crabtree doesn't exist, and from what it seems, neither does the journalist who wrote the story.

And despite attracting readers from all over the world, The Daily did not exist before the Bondi massacre took place.

The entire website, including the article, appears to be AI-generated.

The article has the veneer of legitimate news, but there are glaring errors.

Anthony Albanese is purported to have visited Crabtree in hospital "on Sunday morning", hours before the shooting took place.

The website links to other purported stories which do not work.

Reuters reported that thedailyaus.world was registered on December 14, the same day as the attack, according to who.is, opens new tab, a public domain lookup tool that shows when website addresses are registered, changed, and set to expire. thedailyaus.world could not be reached for comment when approached by Reuters.

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In spite of this, X chatbot Grok cited the article when naming Crabtree as the Bondi hero.

When Grok was told the real name of the hero, Ahmed el Ahmed, it corrected the user and insisted Crabtree was the name.

Grok later blamed the mistake on a "reporting error or a joke referencing a fictional character".

Ahmed snatched a shotgun from the hands of one of the gunmen before he was himself shot.

He is now recovering in hospital.

"He doesn't regret what he did. He said he'd do it again. But the pain has started to take a toll on him," Ahmed's immigration lawyer Sam Issa told the Sydney Morning Herald after visiting the hero on Monday.

"He's not well at all. He's riddled with bullets. Our hero is struggling at the moment."

Ahmed is a tobacco shop owner and the father of two girls.

Since the video of his heroic act went around the world, more than $1.6 million has been donated to him.

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Australia remains in shock little more than 24 hours after two gunmen opened fire on a Jewish celebration at a packed Bondi Beach on Sunday night.

Today, the death toll from the terror attack rose to 15, plus one of the shooters, while the other gunman remains in custody in a critical condition – although police said it is likely he will recover and face criminal charges.

As thousands of people – including the prime minister, governor-general and NSW premier – flocked to the beach to pay their respects and place flowers at a makeshift floral memorial outside Bondi Pavilion, the identities of the victims began to emerge.

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The youngest of those killed, Matilda, was just 10 years old, while the oldest, 87-year-old Alex Kleytman, was a Holocaust survivor.

A former police officer, Peter Meagher, had been photographing the Chanukah by the Sea event when he was gunned down, while two rabbis were also among the dead: Eli Schlanger and Yaakov Levitan.

Some 27 people remained in hospital as of this evening. Six were critical, and a further six were critical but stable.

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Two police officers have had surgery and are in a serious condition, one of whom is at risk of losing sight in one eye.

While authorities admit they still know "very little" about the two shooters, more details about them came to light, even as officers raided a Bonnyrigg home and an Airbnb in Campsie they had stayed in before carrying out the attack.

The pair are now known to be 50-year-old Sajid Akram and his 24-year-old son, Naveen.

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Sajid was killed by police during the attack while Naveen was critically wounded.

This afternoon, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed the younger man, who is an Australian-born citizen, had been on authorities' radar six years ago, having been investigated by ASIO for six months.

"The son first came to attention in October 2019," he said.

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"He was examined on the basis of being associated with others and the assessment was made that there was no indication of any ongoing threat or threat of him engaging in violence.

"(He was investigated because of) people he was associated with, rather than things that he, himself, had done."

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Sajid, meanwhile, was a licenced gun owner and gun club member who legally owned six longarm firearms.

He had moved to Australia in 1998 on a student visa, transferred to a partner visa in 2001, and understood to be on a resident return visa (RRV) at the time of the shooting.

But as the country learnt more about the men who carried out the vile attack, so too did everyday citizens do their part to help out.

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After an urgent call for donations, the Red Cross Lifeblood website crashed due to extreme demand and queues snaked out the door as Australians rolled up their sleeves to give blood.

Ahmed al Ahmed has become the most recognisable face of the response to the attack, having tackled one of the gunmen and wrestled his weapon away from him.

Injured in the aftermath, he is now recovering in hospital, has met with Premier Chris Minns, and can look forward to an astounding reward for his incredible bravery: a crowdfunding effort has already raised more than $1 million for the fruit shop owner.

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In Canberra, politicians turned to what they can do in the aftermath of the deadliest shooting since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.

The immediate focus is gun control: national cabinet has agreed to strengthen firearm laws around the country, including potentially limiting the number of weapons one person can own, and restricting gun licences to Australian citizens.

Also from the prime minister – and many other leaders – was a call for unity, for Australians to embrace each other in the wake of the country's worst-ever terror attack.

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"What I want is for Australians to come together," Anthony Albanese said.

"For this to be reinforcing the need for us to promote national unity. And that is critical.

"There is no place in Australia for antisemitism.

"There is no place for hatred."

If you have been impacted by the terror attack in Bondi there is support available.

To contact Lifeline Australia, call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14. For people under 25 years old, you can contact Kids Helpline at 1800 55 1800. Both of these are available on a 24/7 basis.

If you wish to donate blood, you can find your nearest donor centre here.

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The hero who tackled and wrestled a gun from the hands of the Bondi Beach shooters has been pictured recovering in hospital after sustaining a number of gunshot wounds during the terror attack.

Incredible footage that emerged on Sunday night showed Sydney father-of-two Ahmed el Ahmed creeping up on one of the shooters.

The fruit shop owner, believed to be in his 40s, then snatched the shotgun from his hands.

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Shortly after, he was injured in subsequent gunfire, and was taken to St George Hospital, where he underwent surgery for two gunshot wounds.

He is expected to make a full recovery.

Almost 24 hours after the footage emerged, donors have raised almost $1 million for Ahmed, with a crowdfunding site set up for the hero sitting at about $975,000 as of 7pm (AEDT).

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Prominent US billionaire Bill Ackman is believed to be among the donors.

The hedge fund manager had called for someone to set up a donations page for Ahmed.

"Can someone please set up a verified (donation page) so we can reward him and his family," Ackman wrote.

Ackman then donated $99,000 to the page.

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Ahmed's spoke to media this morning, describing him as a "hero".

"Maybe he can lose his life to save the other people," his cousin said of Ahmed's courageous efforts.

"I hope everyone in Australia wish everything is good for Ahmed to go back to his family."

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The cousin confirmed Ahmed had two young daughters aged five and six, but said he had not had the chance to speak to him yet.

"To be honest, I don't speak to his family (yet), because I leave here very late last night," he said.

"Until now, I don't sleep yet."

Ahmed's actions have been praised in Australia and around the world, including by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ahmed hid behind a silver vehicle and crept towards the apparent gunman before leaping towards him and putting him in a headlock.

He wrestled with the gunman until he released the weapon.

Ahmed then turned the weapon on the gunman.

The heroic man did not fire the gun but signalled for assistance.

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'Scariest thing': Man who filmed heroic act was at scene as shooting began

The man who recorded the footage of Ahmed disarming the gunman revealed he was initially on the beach when the shooting began

Theodore Okur described on Today how he fled the scene and subsequently caught Ahmed's actions from his apartment.

"I was going towards the beach to get some barbecue. When the shooting began on the bridge, the guy was 10 metres in front of me," he said.

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He revealed he saw the gunmen target the Jewish ceremony and initially believed the shots were fireworks.

"It was the scariest thing that happened in my life," he said.

Okur said he couldn't believe the footage he was recording, but said Ahmed was a hero.

"I'm very lucky to witness this," he said.

"Being the only person who filmed this scene, which is extremely scary."

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